sorry but as long as friends, family and co-workers use WhatsApp on a Daily Basis, Skype for Calls over the Internet and the Facebook-Chat for main communication i can't recommend it. How?
You said "anyone", not "people with my exact pattern of use"
. Not arguing semantics, I just thought you meant "anyone".
And how do you guys don't have that problem?!
There are posts here in the forums about how the FB-Chat integration doesn't work anymore. Never worked for me on WP8. Did work on WP7.5 but not anymore, at least on my 900.
Whatsapp is pulled from the App Store so unless you got it installed allready - there is no WhatsApp for new buyers.
The Skype Bugs appear not to everyone but they could and if i recommend a phone to someone not as tech savy as we are and he can't do the basic stuff he can do on her iPhone or GS3 or whatever... how would you "defend" your recommendation?
Well, I have no idea how people HAVE the fb-chat problem, it worked flawlessly for me all the time I had my phone.
I dont use Whatsapp since noone I know uses it, but several do use Viber, which works fine for messaging. Not that I use it alot since I have about 3000 included SMS.
When I had Skype installed nothing bad happened, other than my App list was 1 item longer. Thats it.
Add to that the tons of things I do like about WP8, and its quite easy to recommend it.
Especially the Skype thing is really critical. It blocked all Texts and E-Mails... if i just want to do cellular calls i don't need to spend 650€
That issue I havent come across myself, but yeah that does sound bad. Course, its just an uninstall to fix it and wait for the full Skype to release, I guess. Again; with my use Skype isnt a big deal. Cute to have, not essential for me. However, different people have different use.